Sometimes, you just have to be there

Published: Thu, 10/03/13

Hi
Venetia and I made it to a Guided Chaos class in Slough last night.
When we are working in London we always try and take the
opportunity and it is always fun and challenging to train in GC.
Last night we practically had a private class in that the
instructor Mick had one of his senior students, Gary, turn up and
us and that was it, don't know what happened to everyone else,
usually there are about 6 or 7 at least. I guess life gets in the
way. GC is supposed to be about being completely relaxed and
totally adaptable and I can't say I find it easy. But I do
need the challenge of being taught something in martial arts that I
can't already do in my sleep, I get that challenge from GC.
What did we do last night? Frankly it would be rather difficult to
explain, you had to be there.

Same goes for Stav training really, I can write about Stances,
lines and principle. But you have to do it before you will really
understand. Sorry, thats just how it is. Next training details
listed at http://www.iceandfire.org.uk/train.html and only two more
days of the reduced rate for joining Ice and Fire, after Saturday
the subscription goes up from £15 to £20 a month, you
will save £15 on the first course you do by booking up as a
member. http://www.iceandfire.org.uk/join.html

regards

Graham

PS, where was I with the story about the power cut? Oh yes the
residual current device (RCD) had tripped out and kept doing so
when I to plug a certain extension lead back in. Now RCDs trip
out, not because of overload caused by a short circuit as an old
fashioned fuse does, but simply by detecting an imbalance in the
current between the live and neutral conductors. They are supposed
to switch at a load of less than 30 milliamps and in less than 30
milliseconds. Since it should take between 50 and 80 milliamps to
kill a human being the presence of an RCD in a circuit should mean
you are relatively safe from dying from electric shock, if you are
human that is. So I started to unscrew the retaining screw on the
plug...